What is the difference between butane and propane?

Answer 1

Main part being "burns" hotter at its combustion point (ignition) 3519f is about how butane burns. 3695f is about where propane burns aka ignites at. How you control is up 2 individual. I use the fuel for lamp-working torches- used primarily for glassblowing or gaffering glass. (it's a 1,200 torch) so u have many fuel options, I use oxygen & acetylene combo, tone down to propane, then to butane to anneal at lower temp to cool the glass back down by slowly lowering the temp. (I have to for annealing to prevent glass cracking from cooling and draughts). I use it a lot, so i know what burns hotter and faster. Propane is 200-300 degrees hotter- but for ur purpose- 150 diff bc it's not concentrated from a Lampworkers torch (way diff from regular torch). Hope this helps as no answer is listed here. This is how I use use this so it's how I wrote n worded it. Sorry if it's confusing- it shouldn't be- I listed the temps and diff gasses also. And in correct order. Acetylene i think burns hotter than oxygen. And that's why use it for lampworking and cutting glass.

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Answer 2

Though both are colorless, flammable gases, propane is chiefly found in petroleum and natural gas. Butane is mostly used to manufacture rubber as fuel.

Answer 3

Propane has the chemical formula C3H8.

Butane has the chemical formula C4H10.

Answer 4

Propane...butane freezes too easily